AMD announces Fusion-based Embedded G-Series platform

We’ve just seen what AMD’s Fusion platform can do for a laptop, and it looks like we’ll soon also be seeing it in a lot more devices — AMD has just announced its new Fusion-based Embedded G-Series platform, which can be used for things like set-top boxes, in-car computers, small form factor PCs, and more. That platform include the low-power x86 “Bobcat” core we’ve seen all along and a “world-class” DirectX 11-capable GPU, which AMD says adds up to a level of advanced computing that simply isn’t available in the embedded market today. Among the first products based on the platform to be announced are a pair of Mini-ATX boards from Fujitsu and three SFF systems from Kontron, which will be joined by a range of other products from various manufacturers that are expected to launch in the “coming weeks.” Head on past the break for the complete press release, plus a video of a G-Series-based car computer that AMD was demoing at CES. Continue reading AMD announces Fusion-based Embedded G-Series platform AMD announces Fusion-based Embedded G-Series platform originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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